This article is about the mythical beast. For the food, see Cockatrice. For other uses, see Cockatrice (disambiguation).
A cockatrice overdoor at Belvedere Castle (1869) in New York's Central Park.
A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. They are created by a toad or snake's egg hatched by a chicken.
A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner...
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cockatrice after the legendary creature: HMS Cockatrice (1781), launched in 1781, was a 14-gun cutter that...
(-ískos, diminutive). It was also considered to be synonymous with the cockatrice. The basilisk is sometimes referred to as "king" because it has been reputed...
It also brings storms, lightning, and hail to ruin crops. The Korean cockatrice is known as a gyeryong (계룡; 鷄龍) "chicken-dragon"; they do not appear as...
having a larger fuel tank, the Heavy Cockatrice was the same vehicle. The Army showed little interest in Cockatrice, and it never went into mass production...
rise to the myth that when a cock's egg was hatched, it would produce a cockatrice, a fearsome serpent which could kill with its evil stare. According to...
rooster (Greek) Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with...
Agaros) second under Oriens and describes him as an old man riding a cockatrice, without the hawk. The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (which refers to him...
Castle Cockatrice) is a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which children are transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. They...
heraldry also distinguished a dragon-like creature known as a "cockatrice". A cockatrice is supposedly born when a serpent hatches an egg that has been...
overcoming of adversities: war represented by the lion, pestilence by the cockatrice, hunger or famine by the dragon and heresy by the serpent. Three weeks...
and Lagonda for the "Heavy Cockatrice" while a smaller version on a Bedford QL chassis they gave the "Bedford Cockatrice". AEC used their heavy 4 wheel...
tradition of the cockatrice,[citation needed] which itself draws from the basilisk. Chilota mythology Colo Colo Basilisk Cockatrice Hungry ghost Mbói...
Enoshima in Japan in A.D. 552 The unnamed dragon defeated by Saint George. Cockatrice, a two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Basilisk...
medieval heraldry also distinguished a draconic creature known as a "cockatrice". A cockatrice is supposedly born when a serpent hatches an egg that has been...
charges of heraldry. Sometimes used in heraldry, some mythological beasts (cockatrice, dragon, griffin, hippogriff, phoenix, wyvern) or exotic animals (lion...
the existing parish. The town is associated with the Cockatrice. The story is that the cockatrice terrorised the village until it was imprisoned in the...
Bars Gules. Crest: A Cockatrice, wings elevated, tail nowed Vert, combed and wattled Gules. Supporters: On either side a Cockatrice, wings elevated and...
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